cherubs

[franceslievens]

plaster cherubs
survey
the mosquito carnage
inspecting the red
spots
on my back
i see them
looking gay
looking
down from their
spot
on the wall
beside the
veil
curtain
i climb into bed
and close my eyes
for the room
the blueish
spotted
wallpaper
the cherubs

For The Phantom Professor; photograph by P.